Aliens to Monsters
Giroro- Ganrougel
Keroro- Kurse
Tamama- Taiki
Dororo- Aldmora
Kururu- Krueger
Mois- Molioke
"What should we do?" Koyuki asked. Her eyes were frozen on Ganrougel who sat perched over the bull.
"We can't stop him right now, and he more than deserves it." Aldmora sighed. He stood tall and looked around the room at the silent and still hoard. He couldn't bear to see his close friend in such a state. "We should clear out these people."
Taiki and Kurse agreed to help so they wouldn't have to watch Ganrougel.
Ganrougel held the blade tight in the bull's side. He slowly dragged it down along the seam between man and bull. The sound of ripping flesh flared his anger even more as the memories started returning. Feeling their blades cut into him, peeling away his face and ripping his eye out. Even after his body had stopped living he could still feel the bones of the deer they found being stabbed into his side. They cut off his legs and sutured the deer's in their place.
He shook his head and focused on the bull's grunts and howls as he sliced him. "Did you really kill me because you thought I abandoned you?"
"It showed me what you really thought of us and I couldn't stand it." The bull winced from the pain in his side. He tried to push up and knock Ganrougel off of him but Ganrougel quickly slammed the bull's head into the floor again. Each time he fought Ganrougel slammed harder.
"We were all put through the same type of training. We were all treated the same." Ganrougel started. "I guess you just thought too highly of yourself that you couldn't handle it."
"Then where were you when you left us in those woods?" The bull growled.
"I had to take care of something so I sent someone else to finish helping you and the others." Ganrougel tensed up.
"Some lame ass story to cover your ass?!" The bull lurched back this time freeing himself from Ganrougel. He staggered on his feet before staring down Ganrougel. "You were just sweet talking that higher up so you could get a promotion. I saw you partying with him, laughing and drinking."
"I wasn't trying to get a promotion." Ganrougel sighed recalling the rainy night. "I was with my brother, Lieutenant Garuru. Our mother had just died and we wanted to remember the good times we had with her. There weren't that many."
"I don't buy it." The bull hissed.
"Believe whatever you want, I said my bit. Whatever happened to you in the woods is on the other guy not me." Ganrougel straightened up. "I don't see why you should have gotten any special treatment, you weren't even the big shot you believe you are."
"What?!" The bull shouted. He prepared to lunge at Ganrougel.
"You just wanted to be some frightening punk, maybe scare a few lackeys into doing your bidding, but all you ever did before you joined the ranks was steal a tv and beat up some kid who was trying to steal from you." Ganrougel explained.
"You read my file." said the bull.
"Yup, and the first time you actually became a criminal was when you killed me and you've only gotten worse. My death was bad enough but then you hated me so much you brought Natsumi into this and then threatened our child. An unborn innocent kid! I'm not letting you win. I'm going to show you hell." Ganrougel pulled a blade from his back and took a stance.
"Oh what can you really do?" The bull snickered. "You already killed me back and in the same way too. Cut me and stitched me to a bull, by the way nice choice, way stronger than a stupid deer."
Ganrougel howled as he ran to the bull. The bull pulled the blade from his side and thrust it into Ganrougel's chest. Black blood marked them both as Ganrougel wrapped his slender fingers tight around the bull's neck. The bull stumbled for a second before wearing a big grin.
"You idiot I don't breath. I'm dead!" The bull laughed.
"I'm not trying to choke you." Ganrougel explained. In the moment the bull was confused and trying to figure out what he was trying to do, Ganrougel impaled his blade into the bull's throat.
The bull gagged on the blood gushing from his neck. He felt his body fall limp. Ganrougel released him and watched him collapse on the floor.
"I only put it in enough to stop some of the signals in your spinal cord. You won't be able to move, but you will feel everything." Ganrougel glared down on his target as he yanked the blade from his chest. The bull's eyes widened in fear. "I know people say that violence isn't the answer, but damn is this going to feel so good."
Ganrougel knelt beside the bull and began slicing away the hide. He expertly carved the bull flesh, separating it from the human he hated underneath. The bull couldn't do anything but stare up in horror. He couldn't scream or beg. He couldn't even give up if he wanted to.
Ganrougel didn't smile or laugh as he dissected his own monstrous mess. At moments he would roughly rip away hunks of meat. Skin would hang loose before he tore it off. The black blood that pooled around him started to dry in his fur. It was a long time before he could finally hear the voice calling to him.
"Ganrougel…. I think you're finished." Aldmora stepped closer.
Ganrougel froze with his hand deep in the bull's chest. "But he hasn't learned-"
"He might never learn." Aldmora placed a hand on Ganrougel's shoulder. Ganrougel flinched under the caring touch. "This can't be good for you either though. Think about Natsumi."
Ganrougel slowly pulled his hands away from the body. He could see now there wasn't much left. He had started ripping at the human organs after all of the bull was removed. He grit his teeth and turned away from the sight. "You won't tell her will you?"
"I promise I won't." Aldmora sighed. Ganrougel slowly stood and stepped back from his mess. He saw Molioke and Krueger walking towards the body. Krueger chuckled behind his hand as he looked at Ganrougel.
"Don't say anything." Ganrougel threatened with a glare.
"I was only going to note that you and I aren't so different now, you're just messier. Kuuuu~" Krueger laughed louder. Ganrougel felt uneasy by the comparison. He was sickened by himself now.
Molioke ignored them and floated over the bull's body, weightless with ease. The bull's eyes watched her reach down to him. Her kind smile brightened as she gently reached into him and pulled out his spirit. "That wasn't so bad now was it? You could have avoided all of this if you said yes the first time."
A single whisper echoed out as Molioke formed him into a star. "So beautiful, so warm."
Krueger's laughter died to a forced and annoyed one. "Better not get any ideas. Tch stupid star."
Molioke held the large star in her hands. "All done."
"Aren't you going to get rid of him? Send him up to the sky or something?" Ganrougel muttered. He couldn't dare look at it.
"She can't do it in here. There isn't even a sky in this void." Krueger snickered.
"Speaking of the void we're trapped here now. All of the exits were tied to him." Aldmora spoke up. "At least until I can control my power."
"I did bring a little something now that the running around is all finished." Krueger chuckled and held up a small version of the crystal Aldmora once had jammed into his spine. "I found a way to segment enough off so that you could run this place by yourself. The rest was just to overpower your will so anyone else could control it."
"I thought you said you ran here as soon as Molioke got her power back. When did you have time to figure that out?" Kurse asked.
"I was puzzling over it ever since I picked it up and swiped what I needed before I came back, so simple." Krueger gloated.
"K-koyuki would you?" Aldmora turned to his partner.
"But it was so painful for you last time." Koyuki looked up to him with sad eyes.
"I know, but we have to get back out… and I trust you the most." Aldmora's eyes smiled softly. He accepted the crystal from Krueger and held it out to Koyuki. Koyuki nodded slowly and took the crystal cautiously. Aldmora turned around to show her the wound once more. She pressed a hand right beside it and lined up the stone.
"AH!" Aldmora's voice cried out as Koyuki slammed the stone into his back. He choked back more screams and cries of pain. He knew Koyuki might take it back out if he really showed how painful it was. Koyuki almost cried from hearing his pain. Aldmora fell to his knees and held himself up with one hand on the floor. He could feel it's energy surge through him. He thought about what he felt before, when he was forced to make the building and the door, and focused on drawing it back. The energy filled him piece by piece and he began to picture a door.
Everyone stayed silent around him as they saw the space before him distorting. Twisting and bending, the light churning and changing colors. Soon a soft blue door fizzled into existence. Aldmora trembled as his forehead sweat from the strain. Koyuki caught him just as his arm gave out under his weight. "Go through before I lose it."
Everyone acted quickly and stepped through the door finding the Hinata house on the other side. Koyuki carried Aldmora on her shoulder as the last to escape. They fell to their knees as the door vanished behind them. Aldmora let out his screams now knowing they were safe. "GAAAahhhh! TAKE IT OUT!"
Koyuki instantly pulled the stone from his back and tossed it aside. She clenched her jaw tight, trying not to cry, and held Aldmora close as he shivered. His eyes were wide from the severe experience. The energy seemed to hold his heart in a vice and he could feel his body struggling to move properly. A loud and heavy thumping filled his head and throbbed through his body as he tried to relax, holding onto Koyuki as best as he could.
Ganrougel looked away, uneasy with everything happening around him. He felt useless, unable to help his best friend. For the first time he looked at the star in Molioke's hands. The bull was even affecting Aldmora and Koyuki now with everything he had done. Ganrougel gripped his fists tight, the blood coating cracked like dry paint or plaster.
Krueger caught him eyeing the star and stepped between him and Molioke. He leaned down almost brushing his cheek with hers and whispered. "It's time to do it now."
Molioke nodded and whispered to the star, telling it where to land. She then reeled her arm back for an underhanded throw and let the star fly into the sky. It traveled far and the moment it was no longer in sight, Ganrougel felt all of the anger, all of the energy leave him at once in a heavy exhale. His body fell to the ground.
"Woah! Is he going to be ok?" Taiki shouted in surprise. He leapt to Kurse's side.
"He'll be just fine once he wakes up, but watch." Molioke smiled brightly. Sure enough not long after he fell, Ganrougel's body began to change. The bones in his side seemed to fall away from him. Red blood dripped off into the ground as his skin turned paler. The antlers shrunk as blonde hair grew on his head. The fingers of his left arm changed to a normal shape instead of their sharp and slender form. His legs twisted and shed the fur, toes and feet morphing out of the hooves.
"Holy freakin crap." Kurse whispered as he watched in disbelief. Ganrougel didn't look anything like Kurse had ever seen or known. Before them all was a normal guy resting in the grass wearing only a loincloth with a midnight blue belt.
"Let's get inside before we cause mass panic in Japan." Krueger laughed as he picked up Ganrougel and tossed him over his shoulder. Everyone followed suit and entered the house. Koyuki helped Aldmora sit and rest on one couch while Krueger dumped Ganrougel on the other.
"What happened?" Aki asked stepping away from the crystallized Natsumi for the first time.
"We won that's what happened." Krueger explained. "I'm going back to the lab. You should be able to handle yourselves from here. Kukuuu~"
Molioke leaned down beside Koyuki and waved her hand over Aldmora's back. "My magic can only do so much for him. You'll have to do the rest with normal medicine. You and Natsumi have been doing more for these guys than you know. You could say human again I guess."
"Wait but I thought…." Koyuki looked at Aldmora, holding his hand tight as he curled up still fighting the pain.
"For these guys dying wasn't the end." Molioke explained. "It opened up new opportunities and gave them the chance to meet you guys. A lot can happen when you don't live by mortal rules anymore. You're giving them new lives."
Koyuki thought for a moment before smiling. She leaned down to Aldmora and kissed his cheek. Aldmora seemed to soften and calm from her attention. Molioke happily flitted down the hall and caught up with Krueger who didn't wait for her.
"I guess we'll just have to wait now." Garuru stood tall behind the couch his brother rested upon. He looked over him with a sharp gaze but inside he was full of worry.